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Singapore raises virus alert level
News Agencies, Published on 07/02/2020
» Singapore on Friday raised its public health alert to orange — the same level as during the Sars outbreak in 2003 — after reporting three more coronavirus cases that have not been linked to previous infections or travel to China.
Chuan sets budget bill meeting for Thursday
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/02/2020
» Speaker Chuan Leekpai has called for a special session of the House of Representatives next Thursday to repeat the last two readings of the 2020 budget bill to comply with a Constitutional Court ruling.
Two more Wuhan returnees isolated
Apinya Wipatayotin and online reporters, Published on 07/02/2020
» Two returnees from Wuhan have been placed in hospital isolation for thorough examination as health officials warn people of the need to protect themselves from coronavirus infection, even though the number of local cases has stabilised.
Court orders revote on budget bill
Online Reporters, Published on 07/02/2020
» The Constitutional Court has ruled 5-4 the 2020 budget bill is partially constitutional and ordered MPs to vote again on the second and third readings during which illegal proxy voting was found.
Angry retiree shoots carousing neighbours
Nujaree Rakrun, Published on 07/02/2020
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A retired land official has been arrested for shooting dead two raucous, boozing neighbours after their carousing disturbed his sleep, at a housing estate in Thung Song district.
Health minister apologises for racist outburst
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/02/2020
» Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Friday apologised after he criticised "Western tourists" for not wearing face masks and suggested they be expelled from the country for putting others at risk during the coronavirus outbreak.
Health minister apologises for racist outburst
Bangkok Post and AFP, Published on 07/02/2020
» Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul apologised on Friday after he criticised "Western tourists" for not wearing face masks and suggested they be expelled from the country for putting others at risk during the coronavirus outbreak.
Prosecutors postpone decision on FFP skywalk protest
Post Reporters, Published on 07/02/2020
» Prosecutors have postponed their decision on whether to indict Future Forward Party (FFP) leaders over the Pathumwan skywalk protest rally on Dec 14 last year.
Raise the red rose
Special Publications, Published on 07/02/2020
» Next time you're teetering on a rickety stool on Yaowarat with traffic at your back slurping some ahem Chinese seafood soup, ask yourself if that's really as good as the authentic Bangkok Chinatown experience, reputedly the world's best, gets.
Embattled Credit Suisse chief Thiam steps down
AFP, Published on 07/02/2020
» ZURICH: Credit Suisse, which has been rocked by a spying scandal, announced Friday that chief executive Tidjane Thiam had resigned and would be replaced by the current head of the bank's Swiss operations.